The Upside of Anger is a 2005 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Binder and set in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It stars Joan Allen, Kevin Costner and Evan Rachel Wood, and received a 74% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie begins at a funeral which Terry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen) attends with Denny (Kevin Costner), her new boyfriend.
The movie flashes back to three years earlier when Terry tells her daughters, Popeye (Evan Rach...
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The Upside of Anger is a 2005 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Binder and set in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It stars Joan Allen, Kevin Costner and Evan Rachel Wood, and received a 74% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie begins at a funeral which Terry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen) attends with Denny (Kevin Costner), her new boyfriend.
The movie flashes back to three years earlier when Terry tells her daughters, Popeye (Evan Rachel Wood), Emily (Keri Russell), Hadley (Alicia Witt) and Andy (Erika Christensen) that their father has left them. He has been gone a couple of days and Terry suspects that he left to be with his former secretary in Sweden.
Terry's neighbor, Denny, a retired baseball player turned radio talk show host, knocks on the door wanting to discuss a real estate deal. Terry tells him the news and Denny is shocked. Denny and Terry, both alcoholics, begin spending a lot of time together drinking. Denny eventually becomes very close to the family,...
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